Koala Woman Says
This electorate covers the Blue Mountains and wilderness areas to the north, about 80% of the bush in this electorate was burnt in the summer of 2019 – 2020, and would have wiped out most Koalas at Bilpin and elsewhere. Since the fire, Koalas in this electorate are mostly found in the lower Blue Mountains at Kurrajong with a couple of sightings near Faulconbridge so these Koalas were mostly lucky and survived. This electorate is a rugged wilderness with poor-quality Koala habitat. There are recent sightings near Bucketty in the northeast and a few around Blackheath, and that’s it.
Member for Macquarie
The Hon Susan Templeman MP
Australian Labor Party
Susan.Templeman.MP@aph.gov.au
PO Box 855 Windsor
NSW 2756
Will she Act or Axe?
Koala Numbers
Estimated AKF Koala Population: 100-200
Estimated Koala Habitat left: 81.8%
Estimated Federal Government Population: No data. No opinion.
Listed as endangered under the EPBC Act (Feb 2022)
